scurf

nouns

(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
scurf
is derived from
scurfy
domain category
the branch of biology that studies plants
botany, phytology
is a type of (narrower)
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
"a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
exfoliation, scale, scurf